Courtesy of Aisling Camps By Mecca Pryor ·Updated February 10, 2026 /> Getting your Trinity Audio player ready…

Aisling Camps is a mechanical engineer-turned-knitwear designer. Originally from Trinidad, she moved to the United States to pursue an engineering degree at Columbia University. After graduation, she took a job at a design firm, but with FIT sitting right across the street, the pull of creativity was impossible to ignore. Camps started designing and taking fashion courses on the side, quickly realizing that engineering was no longer her true calling.

She ultimately left her job to fully pursue design, but visa complications forced her return to Trinidad. There, she began sourcing materials from local markets and leaned on the guidance of Caribbean designers for mentorship. Years later, that journey comes full circle as Camps prepares to present her work for the first time at New York Fashion Week.

Her ready-to-wear label is known for intricate knitwear that blends chunky wools with structured yet fluid silhouettes. Her designs explore subversive takes on wardrobe staples, rendered in an earthy palette of bone, beige, brown, and black. Each piece is designed to move with the body, draping naturally along every curve and